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Vote of confidence: Glendale Heights residents James and...

Vote of confidence: Glendale Heights residents James and Kelly Huntenburg were disappointed when not enough voters said yes to a 10-cent tax increase for the Glenside Public Library.

Kelly Huntenburg said she was sad because she has always used libraries and thought that, if she was felt let down, the library staff must feel even worse.

"We decided to put our money where our votes were," Huntenburg said. "When we voted, we said we were going to pay the additional money, so we did it."

And so, on Nov. 3, the day after the defeat of the tax increase, Huntenburg marched into the library and handed team administrator Kathryn Vojtech a check for $35, the amount of money the couple would have paid in additional property taxes if the results had been different.

"The donation lifted everyone's spirits," Vojtech said.

"Either way, it's a tax deduction," Huntenburg reasoned.

But more important, the contribution made a strong statement about the way the Huntenburgs feel about their local library. "They don't waste money," Huntenburg said, "and they don't have the resources that other libraries have."

Huntenburg said that she hopes the other 977 people who voted in favor of the tax increase will follow her lead and make their donations to the library.